Sliver-can.



No., 6 6'4',f55| Patented bec. 25,1900

H.. HUNEGGER. SLIVER CAN.

(Application filed May 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

'in the accompanying drawings.

UNITED STATES HEINRICH. HONEGGER, 0E DUISBURG, GERMANY.

sLlvER-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.,664,'551. datedDecember 25, 1960.

Application ined May 29. 1900.

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HEINRICH HONEGGER, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, and a resident of Duisburg-on-the-Rhine, in the Empireof Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliver-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

Articles produced by spinning are preferably subjected to the bleachingand dyeing process in a half-finished state and in the shape of sliversfrom the first drawing. By this means the advantage is obtained that anyshading of portions bleached and dyed at different dates, caused by thelong delays, is completely eliminated in the following spinning process.In such a case, however, it is necessary that the slivers should beintroduced into the machine in a state in which they can be invariablybleached and dyed and returned to the machine for further treatment. Theslivers are, as is well-known, arranged in coils, which take the form ofcolumns or bales, in a cylindrical can by means of machinery, and inorder to avoid any change in the slivers these must be subjected in thesaid can to the intermediate process of bleaching and dyeing.

The present invention relates to a receptacle or can serving the saidpurposethat is to say, for the reception of slivers-and is constructedin such a manner that liquids, steam, and air entering under pressurecan easily penetrate the slivers from below upward, and vice versa, andafterward escape, it being only necessary to remove the lid of the canin case the can, with its contents, is returned to the machine for`further treatment after the bleaching and dyeing have been completed.

Two forms of the invention are illustrated Figures l to 4 show one form,and Figs. 5 and 6 the other.

Referring to Figs. l to 4, the can consists of a cylindrical receptacle0., of any preferred cross-section, provided in its bottom b with acentral seat c, preferably of conical shape,

and a perforated false bottom d above the said seat. Underneath theupper edge e of the cylinder slot-like apertures f are pro- Serial No.18,456. (No model.)

vided, one on each side, through which a piii or wedge g' is insertedfor `fixing the perforated lid onto the receptacle. A

Fig. l represents the can with the sliver therein as itl comesout of thedrawing-frame. The can must now be closed at the top by placing theperforated lid h, Fig. 2, on the projecting bale t', both the lid andthe bale being pressed down to the edge e and the pins g inserted in theslots f. (See Fig. A large number of cansV adjusted in this manner arenow introduced into a vessel (not shown) in which the goods are treatedby placing the cans so that each of their bottom seats c fits upon ahollow peg or projection inside of said vessel, the purpose being toadmit of the passage of water or other liquid from the treating vesselupward into the can.

The cover h, which is made of hard lead andso protected against injurywhile undergoing treatment.

After the completion of the bleaching and dyeing process the cans areremoved from the vessel used for treating the goods and after removal ofthe perforated closing-cover are returned unchanged to then1achine,which again takes the slivers out of the cans and furtherprepares them, Fig. 4.

The cans are made of material which is proof against lye, chlorin,acids, &c.

In order that it may be made in asmaller and more convenient form, thecan, according to Figs. 5 and 6, may be in two parts or divisions. Inthis case it is only necessary that the lower part should be made ofresistant material--for example, strong sheet-iron covered with lead,with an under copper bottom--the upper removable part lo being made ofordinary material. The part c serves for holding the pile of bales onthe drawingframe and as a guide when the bales are pressed down by theclosing-cover h. While the bleaching, dyeing, and further spinning areproceeding this guiding-cylinder is removed from the actual can.

Having now particularly described and as- IOO certained the nature of mysaid invention and in what manner Athe same is to be performed,v

I declare that what I claim is- 1. A can for the reception of sliversduring the bleaching and dyeing processes, comprising a body,4 aperforated cover of a size and shape to enter the top of the can andrest on the contained slivers,'a perforated false bottom, and a truebottom provided with a perforated, inwardly-projecting seat,substantially as described.

2. A can for lthe reception of sliversduring the bleaching and dyeingprocesses, comprising two sections, oneadapted to rest upon

